Why Disrespect Will Not Be Tolerated in the Army

It states in the Phantom Warrior Standard book that every soldier obtains upon arrival to Fort Hood that, “Courtesy among members of the Armed Forces is vital to maintain military discipline. Respect to seniors will be extended at all times.” And I disrespected a nco when I was at the gate trying to get on the airfield with my airfield badge military id and temporary registration when I was told I couldn’t get on the airfield without dod decals and argueing with him about the fort hood policy about dod decals
I am to do this essay and that is to show that disrespecting a non commissioned officer will not be tolerated and two give clear understanding of the impact that disrespecting a Non Commissioned officer has on others. For many reasons the Non Commissioned Officers keep the moral up and motivate soldiers and encourage them to do their very best and showing disrespect to the NCO’s not only lowers moral, it also makes it to where the NCO thinks less of the person and lowers the person’s creditability. There is a possibility of Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) actions taken against the soldier. With the UCMJ the soldier could lose rank, lose pay, have to pull extra duty, getting discharged, or even getting jail time depending on how bad or sever the violation is. It could also cause the soldier not to have a chance to exceed or grow as a soldier or a leader such as go to schools, warrior leader’s course, or even the promotion